OddThinking

So, you think you are pretty good at Hangman? You think you have what it takes?

Well, I am here to tell you the truth.

I have often considered writing a Battleship-playing AI, but I never have.

Now, I discover, there is a Battleship-playing AI competition, which I don’t have the time (or .NET experience) to enter.

In which Julian grumbles pointlessly about a couple of word puzzles and a kid’s poem, and then is reminded of a better example of a word puzzle, discovers something interesting about a puzzle’s origin, and goes off a little happier.

I’ve been quiet lately, because I have been working hard on transitioning to a new web host provider. I am sure there will be a few posts about that once the dust has settled. Hopefully any down time during the transition will be kept to a minimum. If I did have spare time, I wouldn’t [...]

1. What colour was the Lone Ranger’s white horse?
2. Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?
3. Who wrote Gray’s Anatomy?

In response to a few questions, I will attempt to explain the heart of my meta-gaming issue in more detail with an example from Hitori.

I started to read the question: “Anthony and Janet are chemistry students and are having an argument about-”

“Stop there!” interrupted my father!

A study of the solvability of a puzzle that growing in popularity

To solve a puzzle from a newspaper is to win a battle. But can you win the war?